Heaheaheaha Chris! I've had my pbg4 for over three years. <cackle> It runs a mite slow and that might be the reason. It fails each time I boot according to the time stamp which does update. On other systems and I'm getting two more within the next several days, it passes well of course, I don't know <chuckle> for sure that it will on the new ones.
It is deffinitely a hardware issue and that is part of why I'm slipping in a new one before this one becomes a tytanium paperweight. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Blouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <discuss@macvisionaries.com> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:04 PM Subject: Re: system profile states power on self test failed: Sounds like some kind of hardware problem. You're welcome :) On my MacBook the diagnostics just sal "Last Run" and a timestamp then "Result" Passed. Currently the timestamp is 2/12. So that implies it only happens occasionally. Might be worth trying to trigger the test again just to make sure it isn't a fluke. From what I've found in various forums the error message means there is a hardware issue with your processor and it's not something you can readily fix, short of a motherboard swap. Since it's a cache you might be able to live with it as it should just have lower peformance. Or, this could be the first telltale sign of more bad things to come. You did get the 3 year extended warranty right? CB David Poehlman wrote: > Hi All, > > On my powerboook g4, the diagnostic section of system profiler states that > my system power on self test has failed due to an external cache error. > > The system seems to be ok otherwise and functioning normally. Does anyone > know what is up and if there is a way to correct this? > > Thanks! > >
